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Scientific Realism and Laws of Nature: A Metaphysics of Causal Powers de Michel Ghins

Scientific Realism and Laws of Nature: A Metaphysics of Causal Powers: Synthese Library, cartea 483

Autor Michel Ghins
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 apr 2024
This book addresses central issues in the philosophy and metaphysics of science, namely the nature of scientific theories, their partial truth, and the necessity of scientific laws within a moderate realist and empiricist perspective. Accordingly, good arguments in favour of the existence of unobservable entities postulated by our best theories, such as electrons, must be inductively grounded on perceptual experience and not their explanatory power as most defenders of scientific realism claim. Similarly, belief in the reality of dispositions such as causal powers which ground the natural necessity of scientific laws must be based on experience. Hence, this book offers a synthetic presentation of an original metaphysics of science, namely a metaphysics of properties, both categorical and dispositional, while at the same time opposing strong versions of necessitarism according to which laws are true in all possible worlds.

The main theses and arguments are clearly presentedin a non-technical way. Thus, on top of being of interest to the specialists of the topics discussed, it is also useful as a textbook in courses for third year and more advanced university students.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031542268
ISBN-10: 3031542266
Ilustrații: XVIII, 211 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Synthese Library

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Foreword.- Introduction.- 1. What is a scientific theory?.- 2. Scientific realism: what is at stake?.- 3. Scientific realism: a defence.- 4. The categorical conceptions of laws.- 5. A dualist metaphysics of nature.- General conclusion.- References.- Name index.- Subject index.

Notă biografică

​Michel Ghins is professor emeritus at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). After a MSc in physics (Louvain) and a MA in philosophy (Pittsburgh) he did a PhD on the philosophical theories of space-time (Louvain). He taught history of science, philosophy of science and philosophy of nature in several Universities, among which the University of Campinas (Brazil), the Gregorian University (Rome) and the University of Turin. He has published several books and numerous articles in international journals on the foundations of space-time, scientific realism, models and representation, explanation, causality and the metaphysics of laws. He is currently working on a neo-Aristotelian metaphysics of causal powers. He is vice-president of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science.

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This book addresses central issues in the philosophy and metaphysics of science, namely the nature of scientific theories, their partial truth, and the necessity of scientific laws within a moderate realist and empiricist perspective. Accordingly, good arguments in favour of the existence of unobservable entities postulated by our best theories, such as electrons, must be inductively grounded on perceptual experience and not their explanatory power as most defenders of scientific realism claim. Similarly, belief in the reality of dispositions such as causal powers which ground the natural necessity of scientific laws must be based on experience. Hence, this book offers a synthetic presentation of an original metaphysics of science, namely a metaphysics of properties, both categorical and dispositional, while at the same time opposing strong versions of necessitarism according to which laws are true in all possible worlds.

The main theses and arguments are clearly presented in a non-technical way. Thus, on top of being of interest to the specialists of the topics discussed, it is also useful as a textbook in courses for third year and more advanced university students.

Caracteristici

The only book to present a synthetic view of the main issues of scientific realism and metaphysics of science The first book to offer a comprehensive view of nature of theories, scientific realism and metaphysics of laws Of use to both academics and third year students in the field of philosophy and metaphysics of science